month by month

adverb

Each month; in a gradual and steady way as months pass.

Meanings

adverbmonth by month (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEach month; in a gradual and steady way as months pass.

    Of the many letters that correspondents send me month by month, those which I treasure most, perhaps, are from readers of my own age or older who have continued to follow the articles since the day in 1909 when first I started to write them, […].

    1956 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 26
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APA

month by month. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/month%20by%20month

MLA

“month by month.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/month%20by%20month. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “month by month,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/month%20by%20month.

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